TWENTY-SErEXTH ANXUAL MEETIXCL ^13 



rado: Vilas, Albany, Two Butte, Higbee, Timpas, Apishapa, Granada, Lamar, 

 Las Animas, Nepiesta, Pueblo, Qheyenne Wells, Kit Carson, Arroyo, Sanborn, 

 Big Springs, and Limon. 

 United States Navy Department— U. S. Naval Observatory: 



Report of the Superintendent of the U. S. N. Observatory for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1893, Captain F. V. McNair, Superintendent. 13 pp. 



The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for 1890, 18x27 cm., bound 

 in blue cloth. Simon Newcomb, Professor U. S. Navy, Superintendent. 

 538 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



For 1891, 515 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



For 1892, 521 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



For 1893, 528 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



For 1894, 532 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



For 1895, 532 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



For 1896, 534 pp. ; 2 eclipse maps. 



Washington Observations. 25x30 cm., bound in green cloth. Observations 

 made during the year 1SS5 at the United States Naval Observatory, with three 

 appendices. Commodore George E. Belknap, U. S. N., Superintendent. 1891. 

 Astronomical Observations in 1885; pp. xxiii-cv. Observations and Results; 

 pp. 3-298. Appendix I. The International Astrophotographic Congress and 

 a visit to certain European Observatories and other Institutions, by Albert 

 G. Winterhalter; pp. 1-354; 29 half-tone and other full-page engravings; numer- 

 ous wood cuts. Appendix II. Saturn and its Ring,1875-18S9, by Asaph Hall; pp. 

 1-22; 3 litho plates. Appendix III. The Solar Parallax and its related con- 

 stants, including the figure and density of the Earth, by William Harkness; 

 pp. 1-169. Volume contains a total of 968 pp. 



Observations made during the year 1886 at the United States Naval Observa- 

 tory, with one appendix. Commander Allan D. Brown, U. S. N., Superintend- 

 ent. 1S91. Astronomical Observations in 1886; pp. xxvii-xcix. Observations 

 and Results; pp. 3-221. Appendix I. Magnetic observations at the United 

 States Naval Observatory, 1888 and 1889, by J. A. Hoogewerff; pp. 1-100; plates 

 I to XIV. Volume contains a total of 428 pp. 



Observations made during the year 1889 at the United States Naval Observa- 

 tory, with one appendix. Captain Robert L. Phythian, U. S. N., Superintend- 

 ent. 189S. Report of the Superintendent; pp. v-xix. Transit Circle; pp. xxiii- 

 liii. Meridian Transit and Equatorials; pp. Iv-lix. Astronomical Observations 

 and Reductions; pp. 1-61. Results of Astronomical Observations; pp. 63-111. 

 Meteorological Observations and Results; pp. 1-57. Appendix I. Magnetic 

 Observations for 1892, by S. J. Brown; pp. 1-73. Volume contains a total of 

 313 pages. 

 United States Treasury Department — U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, T. C. Men- 

 denhall, Superintendent: 



Report of the Superintendent for the year ending June, 1878. 1881. 23x29 cm., 

 bound in black cloth. Pp. 330; 26 maps and cliarts folded in. Contains 

 besides the report of the superintendent. Appendix No. 6. Observations made 

 at Summit Station, Calif., of the transit of Mercury, May, 1878; pp. 81-87; pU. 

 27, 28. No. 7. Observations of the transit of Mercury, May 6, made at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. ; pp. 88-91. No. 8. Adjustment of the primary triangulation be- 

 tween the Kent Island and the Atlantic base-lines; pp. 92-120. No. 9. On the 

 Physical Survey of the Delaware river in front of Philadelphia; pp. 174-267; 

 pi. 29-32. No. 10. Meteorological Researches, by William Ferrel, Part II, 

 Theory of cyclones, tornadoes and waterspouts; pp. 174-267; pll. 33-38. No. 

 •U. Discussion of Tides in Penobscot bay. Me., by William Ferrel; pp. 268- 

 304; pi. 39. 



Report for the year ending June, 1879. ISSl. Pp. 240; 16 pll.; 32 maps 

 folded in. Contains besides the report of the superintendent, Appendix No. 

 6. Dredging Operations in the Caribbean Sea. A letter from Professor Alex- 

 ander Agassiz to the Superintendent; pp. 95-102, with two maps. No. 8. Com- 

 parison of Local Deflections of the Plumb-line, by C. A. Schott, assistant Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey; pp. 110-123; pi. 36. No. 9. On the secular change of Mag- 

 netic Declination in the United States and foreign stations, by Charles A. 

 Schott: pp. 124-174; pll. 37-39. No. 10. Physical Hydrography of the Gulf of 

 Maine, by Henry Mitchell; pp. 175-190; pll. 40, 41. No. 11. Report on the prep- 

 aration of Standard Topographical Drawings, by Edwin Hergesheimer; p. 

 191; pll. 42-49. 



